(16 Jul 2021, 9:53 pm)ne14ne1 wrote July 2022 now the date for the Newcastle CAZ beginning.
I wonder, as mentioned above, whether we see a few ex London vehicles brought up next year ready for the summer service. (Hopefully left as dual door ).

(17 Jul 2021, 8:45 am)JP6004 wrote Hopefully not, ibwould imagine when I'm elderly, I'd prefer a few extra seats downstairs

(17 Jul 2021, 9:50 am)ne14ne1 wrote Im sure there’ll always be a few seats available on the down stairs of an open top tour… 

(23 Mar 2023, 12:28 pm)Aaron21 wrote The Toontour is back at the same price last year £12.50

Cba to copy the link so here is the info

This May, the popular Toon Tour open-top sightseeing bus will return to the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead. The service will run daily from Saturday 27 May until Sunday 3 September, then weekends only until Sunday 1 October (excluding Sunday 10 September).

The service will run every 30 minutes, starting from Central Station in Newcastle and then serve stops on a circular route which takes in some of the finest sights around the city.

These include Discovery Museum, St James' Park, Great North Museum, Ouseburn, Quayside, Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Baltic, Sage Gateshead, Grey’s Monument, Grey Street, Newcastle Castle and Newcastle Cathedral.

The first departure from Central Station each day of the tour will be 10:05am, with the last departure at 4:35pm. You can hop on and off as much as you like throughout the day to see all the sights and delights of the toon. Tickets cost just £12.50 for an adult, £10 for a concession/student, £6 for a child under 16, or £30 for a group of four people.

Paid £12.50 last year for a tour u can do on foot for free. Should make a ticket where u can hop on once and that's it

(23 Mar 2023, 3:21 pm)Andreos1 wrote Aren't most tour buses like that? 

The only one I've done where I couldn't have done it on foot, was Berlin.

(23 Mar 2023, 12:28 pm)Aaron21 wrote The Toontour is back at the same price last year £12.50

Cba to copy the link so here is the info

This May, the popular Toon Tour open-top sightseeing bus will return to the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead. The service will run daily from Saturday 27 May until Sunday 3 September, then weekends only until Sunday 1 October (excluding Sunday 10 September).

The service will run every 30 minutes, starting from Central Station in Newcastle and then serve stops on a circular route which takes in some of the finest sights around the city.

These include Discovery Museum, St James' Park, Great North Museum, Ouseburn, Quayside, Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Baltic, Sage Gateshead, Grey’s Monument, Grey Street, Newcastle Castle and Newcastle Cathedral.

The first departure from Central Station each day of the tour will be 10:05am, with the last departure at 4:35pm. You can hop on and off as much as you like throughout the day to see all the sights and delights of the toon. Tickets cost just £12.50 for an adult, £10 for a concession/student, £6 for a child under 16, or £30 for a group of four people.

Paid £12.50 last year for a tour u can do on foot for free. Should make a ticket where u can hop on once and that's it

(23 Mar 2023, 6:35 pm)EastCoastMXZ1751 wrote Tbh the Toon tour should have 24 hour ticketing like most tour routes rsthef than normal day tickets as that would make for better value for money and also have a ticket Just for the Toon tour which is cheaper rather than ome for all GNE services ontop

(23 Mar 2023, 8:54 pm)DeltaMan wrote They already have a 24 hour normal bus ticket, which I totally forgot about, as it's not marketed. so it can be done. https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/tickets#f38a1c97-2cde-4cbc-8d8a-a30b7e3b8a47

What they really need to do is get it on Viator and other such foreign resellers. They are absolutely HUGE for overseas tourists. They take a cut of any ticket sales (around 15 to 20%), but the exposure is massive.

(24 Mar 2023, 9:47 am)RMF1254 wrote Joint ticketing with the 327 or a connecting service from the ferry port or Cruise terminal might be a good start. The number of people from visiting cruise ships at Tynemouth Metro is huge so that’s something to be tapped into. The number of weekend breaks (not just stag / hen do’s ) to Newcastle is quite big as well I believe.

(23 Mar 2023, 3:21 pm)Andreos1 wrote Aren't most tour buses like that? 

The only one I've done where I couldn't have done it on foot, was Berlin.

(24 Mar 2023, 9:47 am)RMF1254 wrote Joint ticketing with the 327 or a connecting service from the ferry port or Cruise terminal might be a good start. The number of people from visiting cruise ships at Tynemouth Metro is huge so that’s something to be tapped into. The number of weekend breaks (not just stag / hen do’s ) to Newcastle is quite big as well I believe.

(25 Mar 2023, 7:19 am)Dan wrote Joint ticketing is already in place with DFDS. Tickets are sold by DFDS on the ship.


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(25 Mar 2023, 7:19 am)Dan wrote Joint ticketing is already in place with DFDS. Tickets are sold by DFDS on the ship.


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(25 Mar 2023, 6:38 pm)Andreos1 wrote Is this a recent thing? 

Not sure I've ever seen or heard anything about it at all on either of the ships. 

It would be interesting to see what the take up actually is.

(04 Aug 2023, 11:03 am)Blockybus wrote New video from Go North East promoting the Toontour:

https://youtu.be/roPciY1ojXk

(27 Aug 2023, 7:49 pm)Blockybus wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-route-vies-countrys-top-27594914

(27 Aug 2023, 8:26 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Mindboggling that ToonTour is supposedly better than far more frequent, higher quality (newer vehicles etc) operations elsewhere in the country.

(27 Aug 2023, 10:53 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.greatscenicjourneys.co.uk/cup-competition-2023-final/

Some bus spotter awards. Means swfa in the grand scheme of things.